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LoRa and LoRaWAN® for the Internet of Things
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LoRa and LoRaWAN® for the Internet of Things

Create IoT solutions with LoRaWAN®. From the device to the IoT dashboard.
Last updated 6/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • What are Embeded Systems and what is IoT?
  • Understanding the principles of wireless communication
  • The LoRa modulation : Coding Rate, Spreading Factor, Channel and Bandwidth.
  • The LoRaWAN protocol : End-device, Gateway, Network Server and Application Server
  • The LoRaWAN Network type : public, private, hybrid and community networks.
  • The LoRa and LoRaWAN Frame
  • HTTP and MQTT protocols to connect your application
  • How to set up your own private Network Server
  • How to set up your own IoT Dashboard

Course content

12 sections123 lectures7h 13m total length
  • Course program2:06
  • Course documents0:10

    If you want, you can download the slide of the course in this section.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of computer science : IP address, server, HTTP...
  • Basic knowledge of digital systems : binary, hexadecimal, ASCII...
  • No programming experience required.

Description

Savoie Mont-Blanc university instructors are part of the LoRa Alliance as institutional members. 


Chapter 1 - Embedded systems and IoT

  • The properties of an embedded system in the IoT world.

  • How the LoRa protocol can solve range and power issues?


Chapter 2 - Radio transmission and propagation

  • You will learn the principles of wireless communication.

  • Definition of: RSSI, Sensitivity, Signal to noise ratio, dB, dBm, link budget.


Chapter 3 - LoRa modulation

  • Theory about the fundamentals of LoRa modulation.

  • What bit rate can we expect depending on the configuration of the transceiver?


Chapter 4 - The LoRaWAN® protocol

  • LoRa vs LoRaWAN vs LoRa Alliance.

  • Devices, Gateways and Network Servers and Application Servers.

  • Basics about LoRaWAN security.

  • LoRaWAN Device classes.

  • ABP and OTAA activation modes.

  • Adaptive Data Rate (ADR)


Chapter 5 - LoRaWAN networks and LoRaWAN servers

  • Private network

  • Public network

  • Hybrid network

  • Community network


Chapter 6 - The LoRa / LoRaWAN frame

  • LoRa PHY Layer

  • LoRa MAC Layer

  • Application Layer


Chapter 7 - Exporting data from the LoRaWAN Server

  • HTTP GET uplink and downlink

  • HTTP POST uplink and downlink

  • MQTT uplink and downlink

  • Payload Decoder and Encoder


Chapter 8 - Setting up your own LoRaWAN Server

  • How to build a private LoRaWAN server.

  • Chirpstack

  • The Things Stack (TTS) open source.


Chapter 9 - Setting up your own IoT Platform

  • How to build an IoT Platform.

  • You will use only open-source and free services.

  • Create your dashboard.


Who this course is for:

  • Everyone interested in Low Power network